Sat, 06 Oct 2012, 18:53 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1422 Allyn Armstrong                      2788 Tony Mangrum                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.041  9.202 107.00                    -0.041 No Time      
         L/A Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.068             A/A Index: 7.06 (+/-): 92.939
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Ippolito  ) 0.071  8.763 -0.527      (J Carnascial) 0.000  6.589 -0.471
E1    (L Sharp     ) 0.051  8.790 -0.530      (D Hughes    ) 0.009  6.662 -0.398
 Qualified:            #19  8.833 -0.487                       #23  6.618 -0.442

6:38 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.35 inches, adjusted altitude 1,334 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.

Mangrum went red, then crossed the center line so his run was DQ'ed.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Sal Biondo                           1107 Mike Miscovsky               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  8.558 123.71                     0.069 17.202  34.91
        D/EA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.212            C/DA Index: 7.55 (+/-):  9.652
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Allen     ) 0.027  8.294 -0.476      (K Houghtalin) 0.014  7.436 -0.114
E1    (A Niemczyk  ) 0.047  8.274 -0.496      (S Benham    ) 0.083  7.229 -0.321
 Qualified:            #17  8.272 -0.498                       #13  7.035 -0.515

Miscovsky shook the rear tires when he launched and the chutes came out. Biondo will race Armstrong in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   35 Ray Vierheller                         16 Calvin Hill                  
E3                  -0.006 17.706  40.90     ****WINNER****  0.017 11.566  77.96
        D/ED Index: 7.91 (+/-):  9.796            I/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-):  2.926
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Boyd      ) 0.060  7.439 -0.471      (M Hopkins   ) 0.040  8.136 -0.514
E1    (T Ekroth    ) 0.031  7.545 -0.365      (B Darcy     ) 0.022  8.146 -0.514
 Qualified:             #8  7.351 -0.559                        #4  8.067 -0.593

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   23 Arnie Martel                           18 Al Ackerman                  
E3                   0.041  8.481 113.32     ****WINNER****  0.138  8.109 144.18
        B/EA Index: 8.19 (+/-):  0.291             F/D Index: 8.46 (+/-): -0.351
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Affronti  ) 0.051  7.687 -0.623      (P Ross Sr   ) 0.016  7.960 -0.620
E1    (R Schonberge) 0.073  7.873 -0.437      (C Miller    ) 0.014  8.254 -0.326
 Qualified:             #2  7.679 -0.631                       #14  8.073 -0.507

Ackerman will race Hill in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink